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The article is interesting and has lots of actual facts about dolphin neurology that kept me reading. I could do without the political crusade though.
by andrewljohnson 17y ago
The article is interesting and has lots of actual facts about dolphin neurology that kept me reading.
I could do without the political crusade though.
- niczar 17y agoThe "crusade" is a good way of raising awareness to the issue. I don't care much for generic animal right activists. In fact, I think most of them, and in particular Peta, are complete morons and deserve to DIAF. But proto-sapient animals are another issue altogether. And there's not just mammals. Corvids are damn smart. Attenborough had a documentary showing Japanese crows dropping nuts on roads at traffic lights. They wait for cars to run over them and break them, and wait for the red light to go pick them up. Well, here's some original research: I've witnessed this happen in Europe, too. There is also research showing that crows can recognize faces, AND pass the information to other crows that some particular person is bad. Watch it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNuQURJJBlE&feature=youtube_gdata http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNuQURJJBlE&feature=youtu... Edit: this is in the 4th video, not the 5th that I linked here.